Microsoft sets sights on future displaysNews & Analysis 5/31/2001 Post a commentIt's high time displays started adapting to application architectures, not the other way around, says Gary Starkweather, an architect at the small, two-year-old Hardware Devices Group of Microsoft Research (Redmond, Wash.).

Intel sets up flash program in TaiwanNews & Analysis 5/31/2001 Post a commentSANTA CLARA, Calif. -- In a move to capitalize on the new manufacturing model in cellular phones, Intel Corp. has established a supply-chain program for its flash memory customers in Taiwan. But the program is also aimed at keeping its flash chip competitors at bay in Taiwan, most notably Advanced Micro Devices Inc., according to analysts.

Intel sets up flash-memory supply program with Taiwan's cell-phone makersNews & Analysis 5/31/2001 Post a commentSANTA CLARA, Calif. -- In a move to capitalize on the new manufacturing model in cellular phones, Intel Corp. has established a supply-chain program for its flash memory customers in Taiwan. But the program is also aimed at keeping its flash chip competitors at bay in Taiwan, most notably Advanced Micro Devices Inc., according to analysts.

Altera now expects revenue decline of 25%News & Analysis 5/31/2001 Post a commentAltera Corp. today reduced its revenue guidance for the second quarter ending June 30, saying it now expects that revenues in
quarter are likely to decline in the range of 25% from first quarter revenues of $287.4 million compared with earlier guidance for a 20% sequential decline.

Iwill rolls out world's fastest board based on Intel's Xeon processorsNews & Analysis 5/31/2001 Post a commentIRVINE, Calif. -- Iwill Corp. is sampling what the company calls the world's fastest dual-processor motherboard for workstations based on Intel Corp.'s Xeon microprocessor line.
The DX400-SN features support for symmetric multi-processing, enabling the board to handle two Xeon processors running from 1.4- to 1.7-GHz. The board is designed for workstations and entry-level servers, said Sherman Teng, business development manager for Iwill in Irvine.

Via, Acreo to establish wireless design center in SwedenNews & Analysis 5/31/2001 Post a commentTAIPEI, Taiwan -- Taiwan's Via Technologies Inc. and a Swedish microelectronics institute called Acreo AB today announced they will establish a new design center for wireless applications in Lund, Sweden.
The center will focus on the development on radio-frequency (RF) and mixed-signal device technologies. It will enable Via to add wireless capabilities to its product portfolio, said Wenchi Chen, president and chief executive of Via, based of Taipei.

Fujitsu, Infineon add app-specific DRAMsNews & Analysis 5/31/2001 Post a commentFujitsu Microelectronics Inc. and Infineon Technologies NA Corp. will roll out two new application-specific DRAMs later this year, adding to the list of specialty memory parts each company is now separately gearing up to produce.

Closer Look: Get ready for 4G wirelessNews & Analysis 5/31/2001 Post a commentWhat? Wireless telecom leaders in Asia are beating the drums about fourth generation (4G) cellular networks when we can't even get 3G systems off the ground yet?
There seems to be a timing mismatch, but you can credit the
International Telecommunications Union (ITU) for this. Right now, the vaunted global third generation (3G) wireless phone launch is sputtering.

Ericsson execs reaffirm commitment to 3GNews & Analysis 5/31/2001 Post a commentRattled by tight capital markets and sluggish sales of mobile handsets and infrastructure equipment, LM Ericsson flew its executives to New York last week to reassure analysts and the media of its commitment to developing leading-edge 3G basestations and handsets while cutting corporate costs to the tune of $3.5bn

Cambia links CDMA wireless phones to the NetNews & Analysis 5/31/2001 Post a commentCambia Networks, a maker of wireless data networking equipment for mobile service providers, has announced its third-generation (3G) play in the form of the first-ever open-platform CDMA packet data system for bridging mobile devices to the Internet

Bell engineers: calm amid Lucent's stormNews & Analysis 5/31/2001 Post a commentLife at Lucent Technologies Inc. has been anything but settled in the past year, with losses, layoffs and talk of a corporate takeover. Even at fabled Bell Labs, which was fairly isolated from its parents' woes, many of the staff broke old ties when spinouts Avaya and Agere were formed.

Component shortage could hit as fast as glutNews & Analysis 5/31/2001 Post a commentPatrick Frizoni, European president of specialist passives distributor TTI, has warned that components supply could shift as quickly back to allocation as it moved into excess inventories at the end of last year.